[Elecraft] Antenna Quandary

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 2022-05-11 8:02 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
 > On 5/11/2022 1:56 PM, Richard wrote:
 >> Anybody out there super-well versed in the behavior of the half-wave
 >> dipole?
 >
 > You do have a copy of the ARRL Handbook, don't you? Every ham should
 > have one, and there's a lot of tutorial material in it.

Two books no amateur's library should be without: the ARRL Handbook
and the ARRL Antenna Manual.  The Antenna Manual is the far better
reference for questions about a half-wave dipole.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2022-05-11 8:02 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 5/11/2022 1:56 PM, Richard wrote:
>> Anybody out there super-well versed in the behavior of the half-wave 
>> dipole?
> 
> You do have a copy of the ARRL Handbook, don't you? Every ham should 
> have one, and there's a lot of tutorial material in it. I'd bet that 
> every single one of those engineers who got us to the moon learned 
> electronics and radio from The Handbook.
> 
> That said, what's your question? OF COURSE there are LOTS of folks here 
> who know a LOT about half wave dipoles. I have six of them in the air 
> for different bands and directions.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
>